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	SAKHALIN - LoveToKnow Article on SAKHALIN
		Sakhalin is separated from the mainland by the narrow and shallow Strait of Tartary or Mamiya Strait, which often freezes in winter in its narrower part, and from Yezo (Japan) by the Strait of La Prouse.
		The Ayan spruce (Abies ayanensis), the Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalensis) and the Daurian larch are the chief trees; on the upper parts of the mountains are the Siberian rampant cedar (Cembra pumila) and the Kurilian bamboo (Arundinaria kurileif sc).
		The Russians made their first permanent settlement on Sakhalin in 5857; but the southern part of the island was held by the Japanese until 1875, when they ceded it to Russia.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SA/SAKHALIN.htm (863 words)

	Sakhalin - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sakhalin is separated from the mainland by the narrow and shallow Mamiya Strait or Strait of Tartary, which often freezes in winter in its narrower part, and from Hokkaido (Japan) by the Soya Strait or Strait of La Pérouse.
		Sakhalin is the largest island of the Russian Federation, being 948 km (589 miles) long, and 25 to 170 km (16 to 105 miles) wide, with an area of 78,000 km² (24,560 sq.
		The Jezo spruce (Picea jezoensis), the Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinsis) and the Daurian larch (Larix gmelinii) are the chief trees; on the upper parts of the mountains are the Siberian dwarf pine (Pinus pumila) and the Kurile bamboo (Arundinaria kurilei).
	www.free-definition.com /Sakhalin.html (1644 words)

	SAKHALIN.RU: Sakhalin and the Kuriles. Cities
		It is situated the Shore of the Tatar Strait (the Alexasndrovsky Gulf), 60 km from the nearest railway station Tymovskoye and 561 km from the administrative centre of the region - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
		Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky is one of eldest Russian settlements of the region, the centre of Russian settling of the Sakhalin Island.
		It is situated in the south of the Sakhalin Island along the coast of the Nevelskoi Gulf (the Tatar Strait), 83 km from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
	www.sakhalin.ru:8002 /Engl/Region/cities.htm (2907 words)

	Karafuto Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1945, with the defeat of Japan in World War II, the Japanese administration in Karafuto ceased to function, and in 1951, at the Treaty of San Francisco, Japan renounced its rights to Karafuto.
		Since that time, the southern part of Sakhalin has been a part of Russia (which was in 1952 and for four more decades part of the Soviet Union).
		Patience Gulf, Terpeniye Gulf, Burotan Gulf, or Taraika Gulf
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karafuto (1092 words)

	SEA OF OKHOTSK - LoveToKnow Article on SEA OF OKHOTSK
		OKHOTSK, SEA OF, a part of the western Pacific Ocean, lying between the peninsula of Kamchatka, the Kurile Islands, the Japanese island of Yezo, the island of Sakhalin, and the Amur province of East Siberia.
		The Sakhalin Gulf and Gulf of Tartary connect it with the Japanese Sea on the west of the island of Sakhalin, and on the south of this island is the La Perouse Strait.
		OKI, a group of islands belonging to Japan, lying due north of the province of Izumo, at the intersection of 36 N. and 133 E. The group consists of one large island called Dogo, and three smaller islesChiburi-shima, Nishi-no-shima, and Naka-no-shimawhich are collectively known as Dozen.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /O/OK/OKHOTSK_SEA_OF.htm (230 words)

	Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sakhalin became known to Europeans from the travels of Ivan Moskvitin and Martin Gerritz de Vries in the 17th century, and still better from those of Jean-François de La Pérouse (1787) and Ivan Krusenstern (1805).
		Sakhalin is the largest island of the Russian Federation, being 948 km (589 miles) long, and 25 to 170 km (16 to 105 miles) wide, with an area of 1 E10 m2 78,000 km² (30,100 mi²).
		The Yezo (or Yeddo) spruce (''Picea jezoensis''), the Sakhalin fir (''Abies sachalinsis'') and the Daurian larch (''Larix gmelinii'') are the chief trees; on the upper parts of the mountains are the Siberian dwarf pine (''Pinus pumila'') and the Kurile bamboo (''Arundinaria kurilei'').
	www.mauspfeil.net /Sakhalin.html (2482 words)

	Stepan Zemlouk re-appointed as the General Director of Rosneft-Sakhalinmorneftegas
		Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Sakhalin Energy), as the Operator of the Sakhalin II PSA, is developing the Piltun-Astokhskoye and the Lunskoye oil and gas fields offshore Sakhalin Island.
		Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. (Company), as the operator of the Sakhalin-2 PSA, is developing the Piltun-Astokhskoye and the Lunskoye oil and gas fields offshore Sakhalin Island.
		Ecological Watch of Sakhalin does not see any logic in Sakhalin Energy plan to spend USD 5 million for the gray whales population study, simultaneously developing a plan of laying the pipeline through the only in Russia whales pasturage and installing the new rig close to the traditional places of animals feeding area.
	www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/bisdoc/0304SakhalinNews.htm (4978 words)

	Sakhalin biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Sakhalin has experienced an oil boom with extensive petroleum exploration and mining by most large oil multinationals.
		In 2000, the Russian government revived the idea, adding a suggestion that a 40 km-long bridge could be constructed between Sakhalin and the Japanese island of Hokkaido, providing Japan with a direct connection to the Euro-Asian railway network.
		The idea was received sceptically by the Japanese government and appears to have been shelved, probably permanently, after the cost was estimated at as much as US$50 billion.
	sakhalin-island.biography.ms (1645 words)

	GN Online: Oil briefs
		Under the deal, 120 million cubic feet per day of natural gas from Gulf and Talisman's Corridor block in South Sumatra will be supplied to Caltex's Duri steamflood project which is expected to commence in 2002.
		He said Gulf estimated the natural gas reserves in Corridor block at about eight trillion cubic feet.
		Naik said the next step would be "confirmation or approval" of the agreement by the governments of the two countries and also clearance from other partners in the project.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=5436 (806 words)

	World Oil: Gulf of Mexico, international news - oil industry - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
		In other company news, the Gulf of Mexico Newsletter says Vastar Resources' board of directors is recommending that its stockholders accept BP Amoco's revised $83/share often BP Amoco acquired 81.9% of Vastar through its acquisition of ARCO.
		The well Gulf calls Ande Ande Lemut 1 reached a TD of 4,186 ft in April, logging oil pay and oil samples from four sands.
		The Gulf of Mexico Newsletter says Shell will receive Marathon's 37.5% stake in Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. in exchange for all of Shell's 28% interest in Foinaven, west of the Shetlands, and a 3.5% overriding royalty on 100% of the production from eight blocks in the GOM, including Ursa field.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3159/is_7_221/ai_63791208 (1015 words)

	Sakhalin Island -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is located between the Tatar Strait and the Sea of Okhotsk, north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
		Sakhalin was first settled by Japanese fishermen along its southern coasts.
		It became a city in 1926 and from 1932 to 1947 was the centre of an oblast.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9065004&query=kuril (837 words)

	Russia: Summer 2000 Update On Sakhalin Oil And Gas Projects
		It is bounded by the Sea of Okhotsk on the east and the Tatar Straits, an arm of the Sea of Japan on the west.
		The Russian Party (Sakhalin region and the Russian Federal Government) have concluded a PSA agreement with the developer, which is promised soon to be ratified by the Duma.
		Sakhalin 2 produced first oil in July 1999, the first from any of the Sakhalin offshore oil and gas development projects, and the first in 1994 to sign a production-sharing agreement (PSA) with the Russian government.
	nongae.gsnu.ac.kr /~whcho/geography/sakhalin_project.html (4469 words)

	Coast Guard cutter Polar Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The United States, Russia and Japan agreed to hold an international oil spill exercise in eastern Russia’s Aniva Gulf, near Sakhalin Island, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.
		U.S. oil companies saw the potential to tap into the Sakhalin region oil and gas reserves and began to lay the groundwork for eventual development.
		Rear Admiral Terry Cross, Commander of the 17th Coast Guard District in Juneau, observed the exercise from the motor vessel Marina Svetaeva along with Russia’s Vice Governor of the Sakhalin Administration Mr.
	www.uscg.mil /d17/pastories/Pacposea.htm (1772 words)

	Travelling to Iturup
		By the calendar, September is the first month of autumn, but in different parts of Sakhalin autumn starts at different times: at the end of August in the north of the island, in the third decade of September in the south and in the beginning of October along the southwest coast of Sakhalin.
		The Gulf of Odessa is known for the volcano Atsonupur, one of the most beautiful active volcanoes in the world.
		From the lake, tourists hike to the Gulf Dobroye Nachalo and from the gulf back to the camp in the Gulf of Odessa across a narrow isthmus.
	sakhalinindependent.com /IMAGES/TRAVEL/STG_september.htm (921 words)

	RUSNET :: Sakhalin gas will go to Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Sakhalin Energy company, operator of the Sakhalin-2 project, and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) have signed an agreement for the delivery of 1.2 tons of liquefied natural gas a year from Sakhalin to Japan.
		The principal terms of the deal, within the framework of the second stage of the Sakhalin-2 project, were signed by Sakhalin Energy CEO Steve McVeigh and TEPCO Managing Director Susumu Shirakawa.
		On May 15, Sakhalin Energy announced the launch of the second stage of the Sakhalin-2 project.
	www.rusnet.nl /news/2003/05/20/print/businesseconomics03.shtml (358 words)

	A Tribe Hangs On to Tradition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		VENIVO, Far East -- Amid Sakhalin's oil fields, withstanding the flow of newcomers who have been arriving on the far eastern island for centuries, lives a small tribe that may be one of the oldest on Earth -- the Nivkhs.
		Of the few Nivkhs on Sakhalin, even fewer, mostly the elders, still speak their native language of Gilyak -- a Paleo-Asiatic tongue not known to be linked to any other language.
		Although many of the younger members now live in the nearby town of Nogliki and some as far away as the island's capital Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, some 550 kilometers to the south, weekends are still a time when the family crowds together in the two rickety wooden cabins where the elders live throughout the year.
	dev.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2002/10/16/003.html (1107 words)

	Far East Seas, Whales and Oil Drilling
		Oil filed development on the sea bed near Sakhalin island is threatening the Gray Whale population that feeds itself at the sea bottom almost at the same place.
		The Exxon company plans to construct two piers for delivery of oil and gas equipment on the spit of Piltun gulf, at the centre of feeding pasture of the whales, and also to build oil pipeline through Piltun gulf, which supports and ensures the fodder base of the whales.
		The "Sakhalin Energy" company intends lining of oil and gas pipelines through southern natural habitat of grey whales and installation of new oil-extracting platform much closer to fodder area of whales than already existing platform "Molickpack".
	www.seu.ru /projects/eng/whales (706 words)

	EPN September
		Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd., operator of the multi-billion dollar Sakhalin-2 project, has been under pressure for not doing enough to protect rare grey whales feeding near Russia's Pacific island of Sakhalin near Japan, or the threatened local population of sea eagles.
		Gulf South Pipeline Co. is a Houston-based subsidiary of Entergy-Koch, LP, a venture jointly owned by subsidiaries of Entergy Corp. and Koch Industries, Inc. Gulf South owns and operates an 8,000-mile natural gas pipeline system and associated storage facilities servicing gas transportation and storage needs throughout the Gulf Coast.
		The Sakhalin development is also believed to be threatening Steller's sea eagles which breed on the island and migrate to Japan in the winter.
	www.anvilpub.com /epn_sept_2003.htm (10564 words)

	Gulf Piping wins ABB contract - Zawya.com \| Middle East Business News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gulf Piping wins ABB contract - Zawya.com
		The Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Piping Company has won an $18 million (Dh66 million) procurement, fabrication, erection and mechanical completion contract from ABB Lummus Global BV for a project in Russia, the company said.
		"The contract is for the fabrication of two modules for the Molikpaq tie-in project of the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd (SEIC) that is developing offshore oil and gas fields on the north-eastern shelf of Sakhalin island," a company official said yesterday.
	www.zawya.com /story.cfm?id=149616 (282 words)

	Persbureau Petersburg [www.pietr.nu]
		This means that the part of the Gulf of Finland between Helsinki and Tallinn faces the highest risk of a spill.
		At present the waters of the Gulf of Finland are plied by an average of 100 vessels per 24 hours, with a minimum of 60 vessels.
		The probability of a sensitive area being affected by oil from the BPS is highest in Danish waters, the western Baltic south of Sweden and the Gulf of Finland west of Porvoo.
	www.pietr.nu /nieuws/gehelebericht.asp?1481 (8372 words)

	Shell Sakhalin Holdings B.V. and Marathon Sakhalin Limited
		One of these agreements, to be negotiated with the remaining shareholders of Sakhalin Energy, would contain an arrangement whereby Shell will provide both upstream and LNG services to Sakhalin Energy.
		The next stage in the development of Sakhalin II will see a move to gas field development and LNG plant construction, once gas sales agreements are in place.
		In 1999 to commemorate first oil event of Sakhalin II, Shell established 5 student fellowships and 5 faculty grants for Sakhalin State University and pledged its financial support for Tymovsk orphanage on Sakhalin.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-01-2000/0001232692&EDATE= (1347 words)

	Atlantic Oil & Gas Works Online - International News
		Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Limited has awarded Aker Kvaerner a $150 million (US) contract in conjunction with the development of the Sakhalin II Phase 2 project in Russia.
		The Sakhalin II gas and oil field offshore the Sakhalin Island will be developed with two offshore platforms with concrete substructures sitting on the seabed.
		Additionally, the company and its industry partners continue to increase their drilling activities in the Gulf of Mexico area this year in an effort to take full advantage of the current higher commodity price environment along with lower field service costs.
	www.oilworks.com /new/i070403.html (1605 words)

	Daily Excelsior...Business
		There has been no oil spill in the Gulf of Kutch area due to the January 26 earthquake, Coast Guard Director General John C De Silva said today.....
		Though some cracks are not visible, the authorities are not going to take a chance as berthing of the shpping causes tremendous pressure on the jetties, he added.
		However, a chemical spill was reported at Kandla, he said adding that the Coast Guard immediately responded to the situation and neutrailsed the spill by use of sand and foam.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /01feb01/busi.htm (3200 words)

	LV29 - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The main investigation areas comprise the shelf and slope of northeast Sakhalin and the "Barite Mounds” in the Derugin Basin.
		The investigation areas of the second leg covered the shelf and slope of Sakhalin and Kamchatka, the Sakhalin Gulf (Amur River mouth), the Derugin and Kurile Basins and La Perusa Strait.
		The main component of these gas emanations off Sakhalin is methane which, alongside with CO, contributes to the so-called "greenhouse” effect causing global warming and as a consequence effecting the evolution of the planet`s climate.
	www.geomar.de /projekte/komex/lv29cruise/intro.html (2557 words)

	FIGIS - FAO/SIDP Species Identification Sheet: Eleginus gracilis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		in the Gulf of Sakhalin, a two year-old fish (17 cm length) has a minimum fecundity of 4 900 eggs while a 9 year-old individual (47 cm length) in the Gulf of Terpenie can lay a maximum of 680 000 eggs.
		Throughout its distribution area, spawning occurs during January-February in coastal zones of bays and inlets, on sand -gravel substrate and in strong tidal currents, at depths of 2-10 m, with the exception of the Gulf of Terpenie stock that spawns at depths of 25-32 m.
		Fishing is carried out during late autumn and winter by the USSR and, in Norton Sound, by Alaskan fishermen- Fishing gear used are not highly mechanized and include hook and line, beach and danish seines, gill nets, hoop-nets, fyke nets, and trawls.
	www.fao.org /figis/servlet/FiRefServlet?ds=species&fid=3014 (1098 words)

	Gulf Stream Fishing Lures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gulf Stream Fishing Adventures with the Little River Fishing Fleet- your number...
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		The "Gulf Stream" is a 9 inch 2.75 oz.
	www.fishing-recources.com /fishing-gear-25/gulf-stream-fishing-lures.html (835 words)

	Rosneft \| Operations \| Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Initially, the Sakhalinskaya drilling platform was sent from the Sakhalin Island to the Salman field under the contract with the Iranian company NAFTKAF in February of that year, and then, in July, Ekhabi started its work in South Pars.
		In addition to the 3 platforms located in the Persian Gulf (Sakhalinsky, Ekhabi and Kurilsky), the fourth one - Okha - is based on the Sakhalin Island.
		In the recent years, due to unavailability of drilling contracts on the Sakhalin, this drilling platform has been used as a residential module near the Molikpak producing platform under contracts with Sakhalin Energy during the navigation period (July-October) and has been parked in the ice-free part of the Tatarsky Strait during fall and winter.
	www.rosneft.ru /english/operations/dalvostok_mk.html (1021 words)

	Femco
		The goal of the Company's foundation is: Sakhalin Shelf oil and gas fields development, which has been started at the end of the 1980's and it has entered the long term industrial production at present.
		Far East Marine Company is the only company out of all Sakhalin shipping companies which has been certified and ISO 9002 Quality Certificate granted; and it was supported with certificates approved and issued by russian Registry of Shipping Headquarters and one of the oldest and most reputable world Classification Societies as Det Norske Veritas.
		FEMCO's fleet is operating all over the world: starting from North Sakhalin Shelf and Persian Gulf, and up to Vietnam Shelf; but these days, due to expansion of operations at Sakhalin Shelf, the most thorough attention is being paid to cooperation with Sakhalin and foreign companies, participating in oil and gas projects development.
	www.winne.com /sakhalin/eng/femco.htm (1243 words)

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